Ghriba synagogue bombing

The Ghriba synagoguge bombing occurred on 11 April 2002 when Tunisian Combat Group/al-Qaeda member Niser bin Muhammad Nasr Nawar drove a natural gas truck fitted with explosives past security barriers at the ancient Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba and detonated his explosives. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Christian Ganczarski, Saif al-Adel, and Saad bin Laden masterminded the attack, which claimed 19 lives and wounded over 30 people. Ganczarski was arrested in 2009 for his leading role in the attack, which was the first major attack occurring during the Islamist insurgency in the Maghreb.